Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 098e28ef11df53af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

35.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 22:32:37 +07:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.6 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ae25445a84bd1f0e20818d4288fd02fd SHA-1: 464ce2660bb1ce477a934ecd49a85f1b9d1dd46c SHA-256: 098e28ef11df53af138591bed5ce79a9397738832250c792369d87868cb37f38
142 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are presented as game hacks or reward generators. The heuristic 'PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE' and the presence of URLs like 'http://netcdn.tw/app/406889139/coin-master-rewards-2021-game-hack' strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious with high confidence.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 5

  • Small PDF contains mass external PDF link farm critical PDF_SEO_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links, mostly clustered on one host. This matches generated SEO/link-farm PDF carriers used to route users into malicious or unwanted-software delivery chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern.
  • PDF links to a 'free generator / game hack' redirector high PDF_GAME_HACK_REDIRECT_LURE
    PDF's clickable action targets a redirector of the form /app/<id>/<slug>-game-hack — the landing-page shape of a large SEO 'free spins / generator / game hack' lure family that funnels victims through rotating disposable hosts to a malware/scam payload. The multi-link variants also trip ML/link-farm rules; this catches the single-link variants that otherwise score clean.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://netcdn.tw/app/406889139/coin-master-rewards-2021-game-hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/hack-roblox-free-builders-club_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/hacks-for-roblox-phantom-forces-2021_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-daily-free-spins-link-today_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/minecraft-free-download-mac-full-version-2021_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/roblox-egg-farm-simulator-hack_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-link-cheat_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/little-kid-caught-cheating-on-his-roblox-girlfriends_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/free-attacks-coin-master_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/will-minecraft-dungeons-be-free_GM479516143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/roblox40com-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/free-headless-head-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/microsoft-bing-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/what-is-exploiting-in-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/coin-master-free-spins-coins_GM406889139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/free-shirts-templates-non-copyrighted-roblox_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/give-me-free-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/free-robux-only-1-step_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/calu-hack-for-roblox-jailbreak_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/roblox-xbox-360-download-free_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.otomasi.uinjambi.ac.id/repository/free-promocodes-that-give-robux_GM431946152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_002_off0000313d.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x313D 23456 bytes
SHA-256: 2742fc595f9f8b9bb8d1a4446d63efe164c16b0e2aaef057d6b110706fc823fd
font_01_sfnt_off0000667a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x667A 18572 bytes
SHA-256: cfaa81896c26697e859a4e81b12695d0381909fc96c2a4cad24004b442f99461